Attachment for barbers&#39; chairs



Feb. 24, 1931. c. H. GIRARD ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS' CHAIRS OriginalFiled June 14, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet l Feb. 24, 1931. c. H. GIRARD1,793,606

ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS CHAIRS Original Fil ed June 14. 1928 2Sheets-Sheet 2 a H 62rd,;

Patented Feb. 24; 1931 cELEsTmE H; emann, or CARROLL, rowe ATTACHMENTEon eannnns CHAIRS c Application fil dJJune 1'4,f192s, seriaiBarberslchairsas now. generally con-v structed are equipped with a headrestwhich includes ashank insertable ina recess or i 1 chamber providedtherefor in the baclro f the j chair, the head rest being usedinshavingacustomer. and being vertically adjustable in the chair back. The upperend of this shankreceiving chamber or recess constitutes an I open slot,and it has been found thatpwhen the head rest is removed, as it is whena one I described and then tomer isto have his hair trimmedfsome of thesevered hair ends pass through the slot and collect in the recess :01chamber and eventually will filler-choke the same so that the head restcannot be again inserted without difiiculty. f This result necessitatesthe cleaning out of the chamber by the-use of a Wire or other to l, andthe object of the;present invention is to overcome thisdifliculty andprovide an inexpensive and simple attach ment wherebythe slot will beclosed whenthe head restis removed so that access of hair or, othermatterato the slot will be prevented.

, The invention also includes means whereby 25 the device will be outiofthe way when the head rest is in use but will be automatically caused tocover the slotwhenthe headrest is removed; One embodiment oftheinventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

features which will be hereinafter first fully appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 1 s a sectlonal elevation of a por-r tion of'abarbers chairhaving the attach- -m'ent applied thereto; a c i jFig; 2 is a' sectiononthe line 22 of Fig.1, the line 1 1 in Fig.2 indicating the plane ofthe section shown inFig. 1.; I e p I I Fig. 3 is a view similar to ig.;2with the head rest-removed; f I I Fig. gt is a detailperspectiveviewofthe attachment,and I Fig. 5 isadetail section on the line'55 of Fi .4. II a '%h e reference numeral 1 indicates a porftion of the chair backhaving a vertically ex tending recess or chamber 2 in its upper porandthe invention resides in certain novel particularly defined in the tionwhich opens through thetop edgeof the I 0,285,434; Renewed June 27,1930." I

backpa's shown, 3' designates the head *rest L which is of the usual orany approved form and is' generally pivotally" adj ustably connected tothe upper end of a shankewhich is insertable in the recess or chambereand provided in'its rear side witha plurality'of recessesor ratchetfaces 5 adapted to be ene gag'ed: by a pawl 6-whereby the head rest maybe adjusted vertically and supported in its set I position. The pawl6jis pivo'tally mounted dicated at 7, and at its lower endis'flequippedwith a push button v8 ,wherebyit maybe re v leased from the shank asdesired and may be head rest: is being inserted. ,An 'expansion spring 9normally projects the pawl forwa d;

0 1 within the chair back between its ends, as'i-n 'held out of the pathof the shank when the l head, rest and also to properly guide the headrestwhen it is being inserted, but when my attachment is applied thiscap plateis ,re-

moved and, therefore, does not appear inthe accompanying drawings. Theattachment includes a base plate 10 which rests directly upon the upperedge of the chair backin' the same position that-the cap plate mentionedordinarily occupies. As shown most'cleajriy I in Fig. l, this base.plate is an open recta ngu,- lar frame having wings 11 depending'iroinvthe opposite end walls of its central opening to engage the wallsoffthe recess 2, as vmost clearly-appears in Figs. 2 and 3, and thesewings may be resilient so as to closely-frictionally engagethe walls ofthe chamber and thereby aid in retainingthe base platein position. Atthe rear side ed e of the central openingin the base plate 10, abearingframe depends therefrom, which frame consists essentially of. a pair ofhangers or, legs 12 adapted to bear against the :rear wall'of the recessor chamber 2 and having their lower endsproperly formed to providebearings for a crank 13 which extends between the legs or hangers, asshown and as'Twi-ll be understood. The legs or hangers 12 maybe'reinforced if desired by a bridging web 14, as

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shown clearly in Fig. 4, and the entire structure may be stamped from asheet metal At one end of the base plate are upturned lugs or ears towhich are pivotally attached corresponding lugs or ears 16 at thecorners ofa'cov'er 17 which is of proper form and dimensionsto extendentirely over the central opening of the base plate 10 and the upper endof the chamberQ whenitis lowered, as shown in Fig. 3, ammo lie at the,

side of the upperiend of the shank iof'the head rest when raised, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. h ilounted upon the crank 13 t'og'be actuatedtherebyis a pitman 18 which rises therefrom and has its 'upperendpivoted to a' crank 19 cwhichisjpfivote d one end to the adjacent 7 legor hanger 12and' is disposed substantially pa all'ehwith' thefrearffwallofthe' chamber tached i'n'anyconvenientnianner to the under 2, asshownfand as willbe' mderstoodi The free end or th s crank '19 haspivoted thereto a'link Q0 whichiextenjdsupwardly through therecessflfan'd through tliej upper-end of the same andjthelcentralopeningof thebfase Plate '0 tqf 'a e mappe 1 p o ly side of the cover 17, asshownat 21 A retract'ilesprin'g 22 isattachedto the adj acent portionsbfthe base plate 1'0 and the oover 30,

17'fa idt'nd's to hold the cover in it's lowered pa t me r To' removethe head rest, it is "necessary rtne'rielyito lift upwardly onfthesame,where upon the shanlf l willj'ridef pa'st the end of the p'awl'6 in anobvious manner; when the lower end of the shank clears "the end of thepawl, the spring 9 will swing the pawl for wardl'y, and the chairbaclrmayfbe provided with arecess 23 to accommodate'thee'nd oi": thepawl and insure ample 'movem'ent' of the same topermit the properoperation of'the cover attachment. It will-be noteditlilirtcover,'.whe'n iaise d,'fdoe's not ez tend 111 a true vertical plane butistilted slightly toward the pivotal coi'niection of the head rest andthe head rest shank) When the v. pawl 6,

' therefore, swings forwardly as'just described,

theweight oi the cover," the crank'13 and'theparts ;con iectiiig "thesame will swing the crank forwardly and Cause the cover to niovedownwardly to extend entirelyover tl'ie'open- 'ing, in the-chair 'back,as'shown in FigQ EB, and'this movement is accelerated by theprovisionofthe spring VV'he'n theliea-d rest is to be again inserted,the pushbutton] 8 is pressed inwardly 'fand the upper end of I the pawl will bethereby swung rearwardly, and this movement willbe' imparted :to thecrank 13 which is inconstantcdntact with the upper end of the pawl, Theupward movement'- of the crank 13 will, of course, be transmittedthrough the" pitman 118" to the rank 19fand "to'an'd throi'igh the'link'20 to raise the cover to thei'positionshowniinFigs. 1,2 and 4,

whereupon the head restmay be replaced and having upper portion of itsback, abov'efr" mounted aipen tliechair'back'atone sideofsaid ch'amthechair thereby arranged for its use in shaving a customer.

It will be noted that all the operating parts,

except the extreme upper portion of the link 20, are housed within thechair back and are thereby protected against damage from chancebl-owsufThe attachment is 'compact, simple and-"easily manipulated andbe very readily applied to any barbers chair.

When-the head. rest v,is removed, the cover automatically assumes itsposition across the upper end-of; the recess or chamber2 in the chairback andthereby excludes the entrance of'alljfor eign matter tothereces's and when the head rest isinplace, the cover assumes aposition below the'body o f the headrest a'nd at the'si' d'eof the shankwhere itiis outl'of-the way and *willno't interfere with the movementsof the barber nor affectth'eadjustment' of the jhea d restor itssupport.

7 Having t-hue: described 3 the "invention, -I

j 15 A device for attachmentto "barbe'rs chairswhich-areconstructedwitha chamber iiponbase 15late,a ricl nieansniou-iitedu pon said dependingelementsfor ra sing the cover when'the"rest isin a e andlowe'ring the ;cover-to e$tendover the chamber when theheadfres is "removed; r 3. 'I nf comb nation with 'a"ch 'air backh'avinga headrest "receiving chamber In its 11pper fpoi tionfof -a cover'pivotally' mounted at i the top o f-thei chair back arid at am side ofsaid chaihber, a crank meme-d Within the chamber and normally extendingfor-wardly therein, operative connections-ibetweensaid crank and thecover, and? means nioii nted within the chamber and operable "from-therear of the chair back to raisesaia crankior openinghhec'dver whenthehea'd rest is to be forward and lower the 4, In combination with "abarber s 'c'hair a head 1 rest 'reeii 'ing chamber the.

her, a crank mounted on the rear wall'of'said mama andextenaiae'forwaraiy therefrom,

"operative cofniiections between-said crank and "the c'overjaiidapawrawuntedanrhe chamber beloWsaid 'raiik and having itsupper endconstantly in contact with the crank adapted to engage and support aninserted head rest, the lower end of the pawl being provided with meanswhereby it may be operated from the rear of the chair back, and

means tending constantly to swing the crank Y andthe upper end of thepawl forwardly whereby the cover will be moved to closed positionwhenthe head rest is withdrawn.

5. In combination with a barbers chair 7 having a head rest receivingchamber in the upper portion of its back, of aframe insertable in'theupper end of said chamber, a cover, pivotally mounted on said frame inposition i to extend across theupper end of said chamber, acrank mountedon vsaid frame, a second i crank mounted on the frame above thefirstmentioned crank to move in a plane at an angle to the plane ofmovement of the lower crank, a pitman'extending between and connectedwith the two cranks, a link extel iding between and connecting the uppercrank with the cover,'and means for rocking the firstmentioned crankwhereby to raise or lower the cover. a

6. An attachment for a barbers chair which is equipped with a head restr'emovably fitted in a chamber in the chair back, said attachmentincluding aframe engageable in the chamber in the chair back, a cover atthe upper end of the frame, and means on the frame within the chamber toclose the cover over the chamber when the head rest is removed and tolimit the upward movement of the cover and maintain the cover raisedbeside the shank of the head rest when the latter is in place. v I

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CELESTINE H. GIRARD. a 3.

